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there is love in this story. even in its most brutal end. there is love in the story. how? where? here: here in me telling it to you, in spite of everything. because of everything.

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out thrifitng, I hear a mom hiss “aiden. do not.” then a short pause followed by fervent bongo playing

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Arrested by the princess’s guard for infiltrating the castle and teaching all the maids the joy of slav-squatting with a cigarette

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4.1.4 - House and Hearth

It’s best to say now that a House isn’t a house. Or it’s not just a house. It’s walls and a ceiling and a lot of history—but it’s more than that. A Great House is like a ship, with all it needs packed up inside four walls like a hold. It carries itself out of the past and into the future. Everything they do is made to last. House Ormal had lasted a long time.   My heart was going quick. I…

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The second I get a halberd in my hands it’s over for one specific individual. Haven’t decided who yet, but I figure I’ll know once I have the halberd.

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4.1.3 - Sword, Stitch, and Signature

Dear heart,   Little space is given me on this paper, and little time. I am given the task not only of summarizing our travels and conveying how truly I wish I were with you, but also of anticipating how much more I shall miss you with each passing day until this letter arrives. If Aidan is not turned aside, that ought to be the twelfth day of Winterbreak. It is the ninth now. I shall not say…

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everyone should lezz out more

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A visual explanation of why stars fall on Earth. Details of The Augsburg Book of Miracles, an illuminated manuscript made in Augsburg in Germany in the 16th century, anonymous author-ess.

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you ever feel like you were born with something rotten inside you and if people get close enough they’re gonna find out

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3.1.2 - The Queen's Green and Gold

Out in the woods trying to think up a plan, crouched in the dark and the snow, it had all seemed so impossible. But now here I was in the Old Town with legends under my belt, and I felt twenty feet tall as I came out the shopfront one gold crown lighter.   Better still—I felt like myself again, at last. I had clean clothes, and there was no forest muck on me, just the cheery filth of old town…

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Happy Pride Month everyone! No silence, no retreat. Fight, protect, celebrate! 

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HAPPY PRIDE - i get ONE identity politics post every year (LIE) and it's this! Unsurprisingly, the Gay People Fight The Church web serial has an opinion this month!

fireandslate is proud to remind you that this is a deliberately and enthusiastically inclusive, anti-colonial and socialist text, and if you are any flavor of the downtrodden, the erased, the marginalized and mistreated, the genius loci of this story sees you, loves you and wishes to uplift you,. This story is for you, for us, all of us together--because solidarity means all of us together.

Which of course includes gay, trans, wlw, queer, aro/ace, and anyone else who is celebrating this month! Burn bright and live loudly!!

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Happy 24-6-01!

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Oh I’m so sleepy… won’t you use !tuck to tuck me into bed?

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Hi. Angel on your shoulder here. It's totally ok to kill that guy

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Michael A Davenport, 3,090 Degrees Fahrenheit (Oil on canvas, 2025)

30in x 48in